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1 grillete
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2 argolla usada para amaestrar al caballo
• shackle used to train horsesDiccionario Técnico Español-Inglés > argolla usada para amaestrar al caballo
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3 gancho de candado
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4 pasador de grillete
• shackle bolt -
5 perno de horquilla
• shackle bolt -
6 grillete
m.shackle.* * *1 shackle* * *SM fetter, shackle* * *masculino (Náut) shackle; ( de los presos) fetter, shackle* * *= shackle.Ex. He was given a limited supply of food and water and just enough room in the shackles to allow him to feed himself.----* grilletes y cadenas = balls and chains.* * *masculino (Náut) shackle; ( de los presos) fetter, shackle* * *= shackle.Ex: He was given a limited supply of food and water and just enough room in the shackles to allow him to feed himself.
* grilletes y cadenas = balls and chains.* * *1 ( Náut) shackle2 (de los presos) fetter, shackle* * *
grillete sustantivo masculino shackle
* * *grillete nmshackle;ponerle grilletes a alguien to shackle sb* * *m shackle, fetter* * *grillete nm: shackle -
7 encadenar
v.1 to chain (up).El secuestrador encadenó a María The kidnapper chained Mary.2 to link (together).3 to link together, to connect.El constructor encadenó los salones The constructor connected the rooms.* * *1 (poner cadenas) to chain (up)* * *verb1) to chain2) link* * *1. VT1) (=atar con cadenas) (lit) to chain, chain together; (fig) to tie down2) [+ prisionero] to fetter, shackle3) [+ de hechos, ideas] to connect, link4) (=inmovilizar) to shackle, paralyze, immobilize2.VI (Cine) to fade in* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <prisionero/bicicleta> to chain (up)b) obligación/trabajo to tie (down)c) <ideas/pensamientos> to link2) (Cin) <escenas/secuencias> to fade... together2.encadenarse v pron (refl)* * *= chain, shackle, fetter.Ex. Some institutional libraries were chained (when the books were necessarily shelved fore-edge outwards), the chains being attached to a staple riveted to an edge of one of the boards.Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex. Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <prisionero/bicicleta> to chain (up)b) obligación/trabajo to tie (down)c) <ideas/pensamientos> to link2) (Cin) <escenas/secuencias> to fade... together2.encadenarse v pron (refl)* * *= chain, shackle, fetter.Ex: Some institutional libraries were chained (when the books were necessarily shelved fore-edge outwards), the chains being attached to a staple riveted to an edge of one of the boards.
Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex: Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.* * *encadenar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹prisionero› to chain, chain upencadenó la bicicleta a la reja she chained the bicycle to the railings2 «obligación/trabajo» to tie, tie down3 ‹ideas/pensamientos› to linkB ( Cin) ‹escenas/secuencias› to fade … together( refl) encadenarse A algo to chain oneself TO sthse encadenaron a las rejas en señal de protesta they chained themselves to the railings in protest* * *
encadenar ( conjugate encadenar) verbo transitivo ‹prisionero/bicicleta› to chain (up)
encadenar verbo transitivo
1 to chain [a, to]
figurado está encadenada a la casa, she's tied to the house
2 (ideas) to link, connect
' encadenar' also found in these entries:
English:
chain
- fetter
* * *♦ vt2. [enlazar] to link (together)* * *v/t chain (up); figlink oput together* * *encadenar vt1) : to chain2) : to connect, to link3) inmovilizar: to immobilize* * *encadenar vb to chain -
8 trabar
v.1 to fasten.2 to join.3 to strike up (iniciar) (conversación, amistad).4 to obstruct, to hinder.5 to thicken.6 to jam, to block, to lock.7 to latch on, to link, to join.8 to engage in.Trabar combate Engage in combat.* * *1 (unir) to join, link2 (sujetar) to lock, fasten3 (mecanismo) to jam4 (prender a alguien) to shackle5 (líquido, salsa) to thicken6 (caballería) to hobble8 figurado (conversación, amistad) to strike up1 (enredarse) to get tangled up2 (mecanismo) to jam\trabársele la lengua a alguien to get tongue-tied* * *1. VT1) [+ puerta, ventana] [para que quede cerrada] to wedge shut; [para que quede abierta] to wedge opentrabó la puerta con una silla para que no entrara — he wedged the door shut with a chair to stop her getting in
2) [+ salsa, líquido] to thicken3) (Carpintería) to join; (Constr) to point4) (=comenzar) [+ conversación, debate] to start (up), strike up; [+ batalla] to join5) (=enlazar)una serie de razonamientos muy bien trabados — a tightly woven o very well constructed argument
6) (=obstaculizar) to hold backla falta de recursos ha trabado el desarrollo de la investigación — research has been held back by the lack of funds
7) [+ caballo] to hobble8) [+ sierra] to set2. VI1) [planta] to take2) [ancla, garfio] to grip3.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <puerta/ventana> ( para que no se abra) to hold... shut; ( para que no se cierre) to hold... back o openb) < vigas> to tie, connectc) < caballo> to hobble2)a) < conversación> to strike up, start; <amistad/relación> to strike upb) < historia> to weave together3) <proceso/negociaciones> to impede o hamper the progress of2.trabarse v pron1) cajón/cierre to get jammed o stuck2) ( enzarzarse)3) (Col, Ven arg) ( con droga) to get high o stoned (colloq)* * *= lock together, interlock.Ex. As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.Ex. Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.----* trabar amistad = bond.* trabar amistad con = chum with, strike up + friendship with, establish + familiarity con.* * *1.verbo transitivo1)a) <puerta/ventana> ( para que no se abra) to hold... shut; ( para que no se cierre) to hold... back o openb) < vigas> to tie, connectc) < caballo> to hobble2)a) < conversación> to strike up, start; <amistad/relación> to strike upb) < historia> to weave together3) <proceso/negociaciones> to impede o hamper the progress of2.trabarse v pron1) cajón/cierre to get jammed o stuck2) ( enzarzarse)3) (Col, Ven arg) ( con droga) to get high o stoned (colloq)* * *= lock together, interlock.Ex: As the water was draining away between the wires of the sieve, he gave the mould a sideways shake locking the fibres together and 'shutting' the sheet.
Ex: Panopoulos put her arms on the desk, interlocked her fingers, and forward, her eyes glinting with rage behind her thick spectacles.* trabar amistad = bond.* trabar amistad con = chum with, strike up + friendship with, establish + familiarity con.* * *trabar [A1 ]vtA1 ‹puerta/ventana› (para que no se abra) to hold … shut; (para que no se cierre) to hold … back o opentrabó la puerta con una silla she jammed the door open with a chair2 ‹vigas› to tie, connect3 ‹historia› to weave together4 ‹caballo› to hobbleB ‹salsa› to thickenC ‹conversación› to strike up, start; ‹amistad/relación› to strike up, formhan trabado una gran amistad they've become great friendsD ‹desarrollo/negociaciones› to impede o hamper the progress of■ trabarseA «cajón/cierre/puerta» to get jammed o stuckse le traba la lengua cuando se pone nervioso he gets tongue-tied when he's nervousB(enzarzarse): trabarse EN algo to get involved IN sthno quiero trabarme en una discusión contigo I don't want to get involved in o get into an argument with you* * *
trabar ( conjugate trabar) verbo transitivo
1
( para que no se cierre) to hold … back o open
2
3 ‹proceso/negociaciones› to hamper the progress of
trabarse verbo pronominal [cajón/cierre] to get jammed o stuck;
trabar verbo transitivo
1 (entrelazar dos piezas) to bond, join
2 (impedir el movimiento) to block
(una acción, un proyecto) to obstruct
3 (empezar una conversación, disputa, amistad) to strike up
4 Culin to thicken
' trabar' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
conversación
- sujetar
English:
friend
- make
- strike up
- strike
* * *♦ vt1. [unir] [palabras, ideas] to join;trabar varios argumentos to tie several arguments together;un discurso bien trabado a well-constructed speech2. [iniciar] [conversación, amistad] to strike up;trabaron amistad en 1987 they became friends in 1987;el acuerdo trabado entre ambos países the agreement established between the two countries3. [salsa] to thicken4. [sujetar] [en general] to immobilize;[puerta, ventana] [abierta] to wedge open; [cerrada] to wedge shut; [preso] to shackle;troncos de madera trabados entre sí tree trunks lashed together5. RP [con cerrojo] to bolt;[con llave] to lock; [con tranca] to bar6. [obstaculizar] to obstruct, to hinder;las negociaciones quedaron trabadas the negotiations became deadlocked* * *v/t conversación, amistad strike up* * *trabar vt1) : to join, to connect2) : to impede, to hold back3) : to strike up (a conversation), to form (a friendship)4) : to thicken (sauces) -
9 maniatar
v.1 to tie the hands of.2 to tie someone's hands, to pinion, to tie the hands of, to handcuff.* * *1 to tie up* * *VT1)maniatar a algn — [con cuerdas] to tie sb's hands; [con esposas] to handcuff sb
2) [+ animal] to hobble* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona>b) ( restringir) to hinder, shacklec) < animal> to hobble* * *verbo transitivoa) < persona>b) ( restringir) to hinder, shacklec) < animal> to hobble* * *maniatar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona›los ladrones lo maniataron the burglars tied his hands2 (restringir) to hinder, shackle3 ‹animal› to hobble* * *
maniatar ( conjugate maniatar) verbo transitivoa) ‹ persona›:
maniatar verbo transitivo to tie the hands of
* * *maniatar vtto tie the hands of* * *v/t:maniatar a alguien tb fig tie s.o.’s hands* * *maniatar vt: to tie the hands of, to manacle -
10 calceta
f.1 stocking.hacer calceta to knit2 fetter, shackle.pres.indicat.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) present indicative of spanish verb: calcetar.imperat.2nd person singular (tú) Imperative of Spanish verb: calcetar.* * *1 (prenda) stocking2 (punto) knitting\hacer calceta to knit* * *SF1)2) (=media) (knee-length) stocking3) (=hierro) fetter, shackle* * ** * *= stocking, sock.Ex. The book 'Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.Ex. To make room for your puppet's mouth, make a slit in the sock between your thumb and fingers.* * ** * *= stocking, sock.Ex: The book 'Legging it' overviews trends in male and female dress from the Middle Ages to the present, concentrating on leg coverings: breeches, trousers, stockings'.
Ex: To make room for your puppet's mouth, make a slit in the sock between your thumb and fingers.* * *A (labor) knittinghacer calceta to knitC (Chi, Méx) ( Indum) kneesock* * *
calceta sustantivo femenino ( labor) knitting;
calceta sustantivo femenino (labor de lana) knitting
♦ Locuciones: hacer calceta, to knit
' calceta' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
menguar
English:
knit
- knitting
* * *calceta nf[labor] knitting;hacer calceta to knit* * *f:hacer calceta knit* * *calceta nf: knee-high stocking -
11 coartar
v.1 to limit, to restrict.2 to coarct.* * *1 to limit, restrict* * *VT to limit, restrict* * ** * *= anchor, restrict, tie down, cripple, frustrate, dam (up), shackle, box in, hamstring, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.Ex. One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.Ex. This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.Ex. There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.Ex. The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.Ex. The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.Ex. But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.Ex. Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex. What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.Ex. Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.Ex. Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.Ex. The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.Ex. This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.Ex. They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.----* coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.* coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.* * ** * *= anchor, restrict, tie down, cripple, frustrate, dam (up), shackle, box in, hamstring, fetter, hem + Nombre + in, chill, cramp.Ex: One can now picture a future investigator in his laboratory, his hands are free, he is not anchored.
Ex: This is an example of a classification which is restricted to a specific physical form, as it is used to classify maps and atlases.Ex: There are many able people still tied down with the routine 'running' of their libraries.Ex: The objection to it seems to be that by reading rubbish children cripple their own imaginative, linguistic or moral powers.Ex: The psychologist Abraham H Maslow has warned of 'true psychopathological effects when the cognitive needs are frustrated'.Ex: But to prevent any meandering at all, or to dam the flow of talk too soon and too often by intruding, generally only frustrates spontaneity = Aunque evitar cualquier divagación o cortar el flujo de la conversación demasiado pronto y con demasiada frecuencia con interrupciones generalmente sólo coarta la espontaneidad.Ex: Tom Sutherland, a professor at the American University of Beirut, was kidnapped in 1985 and held prisoner for six and a half years, for much of the time shackled to his prisoner Terry Anderson.Ex: What is important is that agencies face few barriers to disseminating information on the Web quickly rather than being boxed in by standardization requirements = Lo que es importante es que las agencias se encuentran pocas trabas para diseminar información en la web de una forma rápida más que verse restringidas por cuestiones de normalización.Ex: Instead, the proposed regulations would hamstring public access.Ex: Faculty tenure is designed to allow the scholar to proceed with his investigation without being fettered with concerns arising from loss of job and salary.Ex: The world of work is no longer constrained by the four physical dimensions of space and time that have hemmed us in for most of recorded history.Ex: This would chill the freedom of inquiry that is central to the academic process and that is, moreover, privileged by the First Amendment.Ex: They used schools as a buttress of a caste system designed to subordinate blacks socially, to cramp them economically under a rigid job ceiling.* coartar el avance de Algo = hinder + progress.* coartar el progreso de Algo = hinder + progress.* * *coartar [A1 ]vt1 ‹persona› to inhibitsu presencia lo coartaba he found her presence inhibiting, her presence inhibited him2 ‹libertad/voluntad› to restrict* * *
coartar ( conjugate coartar) verbo transitivo ‹ persona› to inhibit;
‹libertad/voluntad› to restrict
coartar verbo transitivo to restrict
' coartar' also found in these entries:
English:
constrict
* * *coartar vtto limit, to restrict* * *v/t restrict* * *coartar vt: to restrict, to limit -
12 engrillar
v.to fetter, to shackle.* * *1. VT1) (=poner grilletes a) to shackle2) And, Caribe to trick2.See:* * *= fetter.Ex. Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.* * *= fetter.Ex: Christ bears the cross on his shoulder at the head of a long shaft supported by a male prisoner fettered at the legs and a mendicant friar.
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13 adobe
m.1 adobe.2 sun-dried brick, sun-dried brick made of clay and straw, adobe, mixture of clay and straw used as building material.3 shackle.pres.subj.3rd person singular (él/ella/ello) Present Subjunctive of Spanish verb: adobar.* * *1 adobe* * *SM1) (=tabique) adobe, sun-dried brick2) Cono Sur hum (=pie) big foot3)descansar haciendo adobes — Méx to moonlight, do work on the side
* * *masculino adobe* * *= clay, mud.Ex. Even 1950-2000 is a fairly short time, considering that the first library catalog dates from a piece of clay fried in 3000 BC = Incluso 1950-2000 es un tiempo bastante corto, considerando que el primer catálogo de biblioteca data de un trozo de arcilla cocida del 3000 A.C.Ex. Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead = Desde entonces, se han probado muchos materiales para producir los tipos de imprenta, incluido el barro cocido, los tallados en madera, el cobre, el estaño y el plomo.----* casa de ladrillos de adobe = mud-brick house.* ladrillo de adobe = mud brick.* * *masculino adobe* * *= clay, mud.Ex: Even 1950-2000 is a fairly short time, considering that the first library catalog dates from a piece of clay fried in 3000 BC = Incluso 1950-2000 es un tiempo bastante corto, considerando que el primer catálogo de biblioteca data de un trozo de arcilla cocida del 3000 A.C.
Ex: Ever since then, numerous materials have been tried for producing types, including baked mud, wood engraving, copper, tin, and lead = Desde entonces, se han probado muchos materiales para producir los tipos de imprenta, incluido el barro cocido, los tallados en madera, el cobre, el estaño y el plomo.* casa de ladrillos de adobe = mud-brick house.* ladrillo de adobe = mud brick.* * *adobeuna casa de adobe an adobe (house)sólo te/le falta hacer adobes ( Chi fam); you certainly don't/he certainly doesn't believe in sitting around!* * *
Del verbo adobar: ( conjugate adobar)
adobé es:
1ª persona singular (yo) pretérito indicativo
adobe es:
1ª persona singular (yo) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) presente subjuntivo3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) imperativo
Multiple Entries:
adobar
adobe
adobar ( conjugate adobar) verbo transitivo ‹carne/pescado› ( condimentar) to marinade;
( para conservar) to pickle;
( para curar) to cure
adobe sustantivo masculino
adobe
adobar vtr Culin to marinate
' adobe' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
barraca
- jacal
English:
mud
* * *adobe nmadobe* * *m adobe* * *adobe nm: adobe -
14 tensor
adj.tightening, tautening, tensioning.m.1 tightener, tensor, toggle, turnbuckle.2 chest expander.* * *► adjetivo1 tensile, tightening1 (músculo) tensor2 (para musculación) chest expander3 (magnitud física) tensor4 (mecanismo) turnbuckle————————1 (músculo) tensor2 (para musculación) chest expander3 (magnitud física) tensor4 (mecanismo) turnbuckle* * *1.SM (Téc) guy, strut; (Anat) tensor; [de cuello] stiffener; (Dep) chest expander2.ADJ tensile* * *a) (Anat) tensorb) (Dep) chest pull (AmE), chest expander (BrE)* * *= tensioner, tensioning device.Ex. If you are hearing a whirring noise from the front of your engine you may be in need of a new belt tensioner.Ex. The required contact pressure of the conveyor belt to the driving pulley is achieved by means of a tensioning device.* * *a) (Anat) tensorb) (Dep) chest pull (AmE), chest expander (BrE)* * *= tensioner, tensioning device.Ex: If you are hearing a whirring noise from the front of your engine you may be in need of a new belt tensioner.
Ex: The required contact pressure of the conveyor belt to the driving pulley is achieved by means of a tensioning device.* * *1 ( Anat) tensor2 ( Mec) turnbuckle, screw shackle4 (de una camisa) stiffener5 ( Mat) tensor* * *tensor, -ora♦ adjtightening♦ nm1. [dispositivo] turnbuckle2. [músculo] tensor3. Mat tensor* * *m/adj:(músculo) tensor ANAT tensor (muscle) -
15 aprisionar
v.1 to imprison.El guarda aprisionó al ladrón The guard imprisoned the thief.2 to seize, to grab, to clutch.Elsa aprisionó su mano Elsa grabbed his hand.3 to hold.* * *1 (encarcelar) to imprison, put in prison2 (sujetar) to hold tight* * *VT (=encarcelar) to imprison, put in prison; (=atar) to bind, tie; (=atrapar) to trap; (=aherrojar) (tb fig) to shackle* * *verbo transitivo to trap* * *verbo transitivo to trap* * *aprisionar [A1 ]vtto trapse siente aprisionado he feels trappedla aprisionó entre sus brazos he held her tight in his arms* * *
aprisionar ( conjugate aprisionar) verbo transitivo
to trap
aprisionar verbo transitivo to trap
* * *aprisionar vtaprisionar a alguien con cadenas to put sb in chains;quedaron aprisionados bajo los escombros they were trapped under the rubble;la viga le aprisionaba la pierna her leg was trapped under the beam* * *v/t figtrap* * *aprisionar vt1) : to imprison2) : to trap, to box in -
16 aherrojar
v.1 to chain, to put in irons.2 to shackle, to chain, to oppress, to fetter.* * *1 (encadenar) to chain, put in irons2 (someter) to oppress* * *VT (=encadenar) to put in irons, fetter; (fig) (=someter) to oppress -
17 carlanca
f.1 A mastiff's collar.2 bore, pest, drag (person); boredom, tedium. (Central America)3 carlancas, tricks, cunning.4 spiked collar.* * *SF1) (=collar) spiked dog-collar3) CAm, Cono Sur (=persona) bore, pest, drag; (=aburrimiento) boredom, tedium; (=enojo) annoyance, irritation* * *spiked collar* * *carlanca nf1. [para mastín] spiked collar2. Chile, Hond [molestia, fastidio] annoyance
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Shackle — Shac kle, n. [Generally used in the plural.] [OE. schakkyll, schakle, AS. scacul, sceacul, a shackle, fr. scacan to shake; cf. D. schakel a link of a chain, a mesh, Icel. sk[ o]kull the pole of a cart. See {Shake}.] 1. Something which confines… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shackle — Shac kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shackled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shackling}.] 1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain. [1913 Webster] To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn Of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shackle — [n] restraint bracelet, chain, cuff, electronic ankle bracelet, fetter, handcuff, irons, leg iron, manacle, rope, trammel; concepts 130,191,500 shackle [v] restrain bind, chain, confine, cuff, fetter, handcuff, hog tie*, hold, hold captive,… … New thesaurus
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Shackle — Shac kle, n. Stubble. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shackle — index arrest (apprehend), constrain (imprison), contain (restrain), detain (restrain), d … Law dictionary
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shackle — ► NOUN 1) (shackles) a pair of fetters connected by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner s wrists or ankles together. 2) (shackles) restraints or impediments. 3) a metal link or loop, closed by a bolt and used to secure a chain or rope to something … English terms dictionary
Shackle — A shackle (also called gyve) is a U shaped piece of metal secured with a pin or bolt across the opening, or a hinged metal loop secured with a quick release locking pin mechanism. They are used as a connecting link in all manner of rigging… … Wikipedia
shackle — {{11}}shackle (n.) O.E. sceacel, from P.Gmc. *skakula (Cf. M.Du., Du. schakel link of a chain, O.N. skökull pole of a carriage ), of uncertain origin. The common notion of something to fasten or attach makes a connection with shake unlikely.… … Etymology dictionary
shackle — I UK [ˈʃæk(ə)l] / US noun [countable, usually plural] Word forms shackle : singular shackle plural shackles 1) mainly literary something that prevents you from doing what you want to do 2) one of a pair of connected metal rings that can be locked … English dictionary